Do English Speakers Assimilate Mandarin Tones to English Prosodic Categories?

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作者：

So, Connie K. ^{[1
]}

Best, Catherine T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Western Sydney, MARCS Auditory Labs, Penrith, NSW 1797, Australia

来源：

INTERSPEECH 2008: 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION 2008, VOLS 1-5 | 2008年

关键词：

tones; intonation; Perceptual Assimilation Model;

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中图分类号：

TP18 [人工智能理论];

学科分类号：

081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;

摘要：

This study examined whether native English (NE) speakers perceive non-native tones of Mandarin in terms of their English intonational categories (Flat pitch, Question, Uncertainty, and Statement). The results indicated that NE listeners assimilated non-native tones to their native intonational categories, which share phonetic similarities with those of Mandarin tones. Thus, the assumption that assimilations of non-native prosodic categories (e.g., tones) to native prosodic categories - an extension from the Perceptual Assimilation Model (PAM) - is supported.

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页码：1120 / 1120

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